Name: Owen Pallett
Band: Owen Pallett
Album: Heartland
Download "Lewis Take Action" from Owen Pallett's 2010 Polaris nominated album Heartland
5 Questions:
1. Why did you name your album Heartland?
I like it, it's a comforting concept but it has a jargonistic quality to it as well.
2. What are you going to do with the money if you win?
I would donate a large part of it to the legal defence fund for the people arrested during the G20 protests.
3. If you don't win who would you like to see win?
My favourite record of the other nine is "Swim", that record means a lot to me. All of them are really great, I'd be happy with any result. I'm lucky enough to be friends with most of the nominees so I'll at least get a free martini out of it.
4. What do you love about your album?
The fact that it exists? I don't want to be maudlin and say "personal turmoil", but Heartland was basically a very difficult record to make. Wait, is this a trick question?
5. What are you wearing to the Gala?
I gotta call Teegs and Sares so we can co-ordinate.
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Listen to Owen Pallett live in concert:
http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/concert/Owen-Pallett-2009-10-23/Lewis-Takes-Action
Listen to Vish Khanna's Interview w/ Owen Pallett:
http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/band/CBC-Radio-3-Interviews/Final-Fantasy-Q-Hopefully-A